Indonesian Executions

Mastercard has partnered crypto gateway provider called Fasset to co-develop digital solutions and escalate crypto adoption in Indonesia. As per Fasset executive Hendra Suryakusuma, this partnership seeks to lower the barriers to digital finance and drive greater opportunities to benefit from the use of emerging financial services.

Two Australian clubbers arrested in Bali for cocaine possession were paraded in front of local media Tuesday as they faced a possible 12-year jail term, police said.

An Indonesian Lion Air plane that crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta on Monday had a technical problem on a previous flight, but it had been resolved according to procedure, the company's chief executive said.

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said he would restore a moratorium on the death penalty if he won the backing of the people, after a spate of executions that drew international condemnation.

An Indian national facing death sentence in Indonesia on drug smuggling charges may not be pardoned, President Joko Widodo has indicated, saying the capital penalty is handed down only to individuals who have carried out serious crimes and is not based on nationality.

Indonesia on Friday executed four drug convicts, three of them foreigners, an official said, drawing swift condemnation as Jakarta pushes on with its tough campaign of capital punishment.

A man from Punjab is among 14 people who are to be executed within hours, unless Indonesia changes its mind. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj phoned his family this evening to reassure them that she is doing her best to save Gurdip Singh, 48, who belongs to Jalandhar.

Pakistan on Monday urged the Indonesian government to stay the execution of one of its nationals convicted of smuggling drugs, citing concerns that his 2005 trial had been unfair.

Budget carrier AirAsia Bhd is planning a convertible bond issue of as much as $150 million at each of its Philippines and Indonesian associates, and may sell and lease back up to 20 aircraft of the group's fleet this year, group chief executive Tony Fernandes said in a letter to investors.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo insisted Saturday that the death penalty was "positive" for his country after the execution of seven foreign drug convicts by firing squad last month sparked international outrage.

An Indonesian court today postponed the start of an appeal by a Frenchman on death row to next week, indicating the country's slow-moving justice system could delay his execution for some time yet.

Indonesia will stop sending new domestic workers to 21 Middle Eastern countries, reports said today, after the recent execution of two Indonesian women in Saudi Arabia angered Jakarta.

As they walked to face the firing squad on an Indonesian prison island, eight condemned drug traffickers defiantly sang praise to God, witnesses said, while in a town across the water a group of tearful supporters was also uniting in song.

A top official from Australia's foreign ministry called the death penalty an "abuse of state power" Wednesday after the reported execution of two Australian drug convicts in Indonesia.

Nine drug traffickers held emotional farewell meetings with their families at an Indonesian prison on Tuesday, after Jakarta rejected last-ditch pleas from around the world for clemency and ordered their mass execution to proceed within hours.

Mastercard has partnered crypto gateway provider called Fasset to co-develop digital solutions and escalate crypto adoption in Indonesia. As per Fasset executive Hendra Suryakusuma, this partnership seeks to lower the barriers to digital finance and drive greater opportunities to benefit from the use of emerging financial services.

Two Australian clubbers arrested in Bali for cocaine possession were paraded in front of local media Tuesday as they faced a possible 12-year jail term, police said.

An Indonesian Lion Air plane that crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta on Monday had a technical problem on a previous flight, but it had been resolved according to procedure, the company's chief executive said.

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said he would restore a moratorium on the death penalty if he won the backing of the people, after a spate of executions that drew international condemnation.

An Indian national facing death sentence in Indonesia on drug smuggling charges may not be pardoned, President Joko Widodo has indicated, saying the capital penalty is handed down only to individuals who have carried out serious crimes and is not based on nationality.

Indonesia on Friday executed four drug convicts, three of them foreigners, an official said, drawing swift condemnation as Jakarta pushes on with its tough campaign of capital punishment.

A man from Punjab is among 14 people who are to be executed within hours, unless Indonesia changes its mind. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj phoned his family this evening to reassure them that she is doing her best to save Gurdip Singh, 48, who belongs to Jalandhar.

Pakistan on Monday urged the Indonesian government to stay the execution of one of its nationals convicted of smuggling drugs, citing concerns that his 2005 trial had been unfair.

Budget carrier AirAsia Bhd is planning a convertible bond issue of as much as $150 million at each of its Philippines and Indonesian associates, and may sell and lease back up to 20 aircraft of the group's fleet this year, group chief executive Tony Fernandes said in a letter to investors.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo insisted Saturday that the death penalty was "positive" for his country after the execution of seven foreign drug convicts by firing squad last month sparked international outrage.

An Indonesian court today postponed the start of an appeal by a Frenchman on death row to next week, indicating the country's slow-moving justice system could delay his execution for some time yet.

Indonesia will stop sending new domestic workers to 21 Middle Eastern countries, reports said today, after the recent execution of two Indonesian women in Saudi Arabia angered Jakarta.

As they walked to face the firing squad on an Indonesian prison island, eight condemned drug traffickers defiantly sang praise to God, witnesses said, while in a town across the water a group of tearful supporters was also uniting in song.

A top official from Australia's foreign ministry called the death penalty an "abuse of state power" Wednesday after the reported execution of two Australian drug convicts in Indonesia.

Nine drug traffickers held emotional farewell meetings with their families at an Indonesian prison on Tuesday, after Jakarta rejected last-ditch pleas from around the world for clemency and ordered their mass execution to proceed within hours.